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[Gatr Golf]

Came up with a weird set for a Crobat lead, I'd like somethoughts on it. Wanna see if this is a viable option, or needs some betterment. Keep in mind I usually will toy around with this suff on Shoddy Battle if I can find some people, not and don't always make a companion for it in my actual PLaatinum cart.

Crobat (No Item)
Jolly Nature
EV's: 4 HP, 252 Att, 252 Spd
~Fly: Standard move, guarenteed hit with STAB bonus assuming the 90 acc doesn't becom too tiresome. One downside is that slower Ice Beams/Punches usually 2HKO, sometimes 1HKO me.
~Cross Poison: STAB bonus, high crit ratio, chance for poison.
~U-turn: Chip away at something that scares me out, super-effective on psychic types that try to check me. Generally lets me score some hit on anything I need to switch away from.
~Theif: This is why I have no item. Assuming I'm faster or can take at least 2 hits, I can break item-dependant leads that don't force a switch. Not that powerful, but also lets me collect a super effective on ghost types.

Major question: Is Crobat fast enough with this nature and EV's to outpace most starters? If not, Theif needs to be dropped for something else, and throw on a Choice Scarf, right?

[deuce]

Came up with a weird set for a Crobat lead, I'd like somethoughts on it. Wanna see if this is a viable option, or needs some betterment. Keep in mind I usually will toy around with this suff on Shoddy Battle if I can find some people, not and don't always make a companion for it in my actual PLaatinum cart.

Crobat (No Item)
Jolly Nature
EV's: 4 HP, 252 Att, 252 Spd
~Fly: Standard move, guarenteed hit with STAB bonus assuming the 90 acc doesn't becom too tiresome. One downside is that slower Ice Beams/Punches usually 2HKO, sometimes 1HKO me.
~Cross Poison: STAB bonus, high crit ratio, chance for poison.
~U-turn: Chip away at something that scares me out, super-effective on psychic types that try to check me. Generally lets me score some hit on anything I need to switch away from.
~Theif: This is why I have no item. Assuming I'm faster or can take at least 2 hits, I can break item-dependant leads that don't force a switch. Not that powerful, but also lets me collect a super effective on ghost types.

Major question: Is Crobat fast enough with this nature and EV's to outpace most starters? If not, Theif needs to be dropped for something else, and throw on a Choice Scarf, right?

brave bird over fly. if you use fly they will just switch to a steel type.

the only lead that will has a chance of speed tying you is aerodactyl. you will be faster than the rest. but you get walled by steel types, on the switch. rock and ground are also trouble. and so will zapdos.

[Gatr Golf]

brave bird over fly. if you use fly they will just switch to a steel type.

the only lead that will has a chance of speed tying you is aerodactyl. you will be faster than the rest. but you get walled by steel types, on the switch. rock and ground are also trouble. and so will zapdos.

Good point, I oughtta give Brave Bird a go. Power is worth the hp sacrifice. If I'm faster, why not U-Turn and type match?

[Angad]

Crobat [b]Focus Sash[b]
Jolly Nature
EV's: 4 HP, 252 Att, 252 Spd
~Brave Bird
~Taunt, you want it to be doing something
~U-turn: Chip away at something that scares me out, super-effective on psychic types that try to check me. Generally lets me score some hit on anything I need to switch away from.
~Super Fang, you really want something to do, so this could be Rain Dance or Sunny Day (While using the respective rock) too,

It's fast enough.

[Pokestar]

Can someone explain to me how exactly Effort Values work?

[mikarugelord]

I'm thinking of making a FEAR Togekiss, seeing that its priority move, Extremespeed, has +2 speed priority now. What other moves than Endeavor and Extremespeed should I add?

[RiverAura]

Can someone explain to me how exactly Effort Values work?

Basically, effort values are special stat modifications that Pokémon can earn by battling other Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a specific number of effort value points it gives out for each stat (known on Bulbapedia as its EV yield). If a Pokémon participates in a battle against a wild Pokémon, and wins, the winning Pokémon get the full EV yield of the wild Pokémon added to their score.

For every 4 EVs a Pokémon gets in a stat, its stat value at level 100 will be 1 point higher. The maximum number of EVs a Pokémon can have in one stat is 255, and can overall have 510 EVs.

Also, vitamins and wings increase the amount of EVs by specific amounts. Vitamins raise a stat by 10 EVs, but cannot raise the EVs of a stat past 100. Wings raise the EVs of a stat by one, but can be used until the EV hits maximum.

Also, there are a few berries that will actually lower the EVs a Pokémon has, which can be helpful for getting rid of EVs in stats you don't want of need them for. Each berry decreases the EV total of one stat by ten, or down to 100 if the EV yield is over 100. The effort values gained in a stat cannot go past zero.

I hope this helped. If you want to know anything else, check through the pages of Bulbapedia dealing with stats and effort values.

[Pokestar]

So to successfully add EVs to a pokemon you have to faint a certain amount of wild pokemon that yield the correct EV for your pokemon?

[coolking503]

pretty much, or use vitamins

[Du Sundavar Freohr]

What is a good wall breaker pokemon and a glass cannon. I want both for my team

[Angad]

Gen 4 or 5?

[Du Sundavar Freohr]

4

[coolking503]

Ramaparados does both. CB headsmash will KO skarmory. Unfortunetly the recoil will kill you back. Normal wall breakers include Infernape, Tentacruel, etc. For more info on wall breaking read this.

As for glass cannon, why do you want one on your team again? I would say Infernape is the most practicle, but ramparados, honchkrow, and pikachu all fit the bill.

[F-22]

If a Pokemon holding a Gem attacks a Pokemon behind Protect, does the Gem get used?

[KnucklesZero]

I was wondering what nature/EV spread you guys think would be good for a Celebi using Nasty Plot and Giga Drain together.

I have a Celebi (not saved yet) with a modest nature and an IV spread of 26 14 31 16 30 30 so I'm trying to figure out if that would work well before I go flushing it away.